Suburban mayor’s claim of medal under attack
In his campaign literature, Calumet Park Mayor Joseph DuPar touted his decorated service in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. "As a Sergeant in the military, I received the...
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Most weapons stolen from Harvey shooting range recovered
Most of the weapons stolen from a Harvey shooting range were recovered Wednesday in a wooded area behind an elementary school, and police say they are searching for persons of...
40 acres and a horse, dogs, cats, llamas…
In a slice of rural life amid the bustling south suburbs, Dawn Hamill for six years has transformed her home into a three-acre animal rescue shelter, where about 125 big...
Track crew accidentally turned off crossing gates, lights before crash that killed Naperville dance teacher, probes say
A track crew inadvertently turned off the gates and warning lights at a rail crossing in University Park late last week, shortly before a deadly crash in which a train...
Witnesses: No warning for woman killed in Amtrak train crash
Yellow-vested workers with orange flags were keeping a watchful eye Sunday evening on vehicles rolling through a University Park railroad crossing where two days earlier a still-unexplained crash killed a...
Reviving Ford Heights police not a priority, mayor says
Ford Heights, one of the nation's poorest towns, has a lengthy list of woes to address before Mayor Charles Griffin said he can even try to find money to re-establish...
Darien family remembered as suspects in slayings denied bail
When Joe Jacobazzi got a flat tire about 20 years ago on a cold morning, he didn't hesitate to call Jeffrey Kramer at 2 a.m. and ask for help. Kramer,...
Family, friends remember light that SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau provided
CHICAGO — As the Rev. Thomas McCarthy finished his homily Monday for SeaWorld whale trainer Dawn Brancheau, at least a dozen candles flickered to represent the "light" she gave to...
Hundreds attend Chicago wake for SeaWorld trainer
A veteran SeaWorld Orlando trainer was remembered in Chicago on Sunday as a kind woman who loved the dream job that killed her. A line starting inside St. Rita of...
Cohen calls it quits
Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Scott Lee Cohen, a Chicago pawnbroker whose surprise primary win last week was followed by scandalous revelations about his troubled past with a prostitute ex-girlfriend, said...